Is he going to have a splash pool in the Société des Arts Technologiques? I half wondered, as I read Kevin Cacho's email about what he's planning cocktail-wise for Montreal's Made With Love Regional Finals on Dec. 10. Cacho's only been working in the bar/restaurant industry … [Read more...] about Bourbon Whiskey + Mangoes, Peaches and Lime = The Sweet Life: Newcomer Kevin Cacho of Coldroom Takes on Made With Love
2018
TCH Edibles, CBD Oil and How Canada’s Marijuana Legalization Policy Will Affect the Food and Health Industries
Everyone seems to have questions about what marijuana legalization this fall (it was just pushed back to October 17) will actually mean in Canada. How much can people buy? Where can they use it? Where and how will it be sold? According to a Deloitte report, about 22% of … [Read more...] about TCH Edibles, CBD Oil and How Canada’s Marijuana Legalization Policy Will Affect the Food and Health Industries
Lobster Clam Jam Hits Montreal’s Lachine Canal this Sunday
Have you heard of Montreal's Lobster Clam Jam? I hadn't until a few weeks ago when I realized it was taking place this upcoming Sunday across from the canal from the Atwater Market. No, it's not Oysterfest. That's the fest that happens in September where oysters really aren't … [Read more...] about Lobster Clam Jam Hits Montreal’s Lachine Canal this Sunday
The Old Fashioned Pure Quebec Cocktail at Madame Smith for Cocktail Invasion 2018
Last night was the industry party at Le Livart in Montreal for Cocktail Invasion 2018. Each nook of the gallery was devoted to a type of spirit: Trois-Rivières rum, Absolut vodka, Woodford Reserve bourbon, etc. The bourbon room was serving a variation on an old fashioned, with a … [Read more...] about The Old Fashioned Pure Quebec Cocktail at Madame Smith for Cocktail Invasion 2018
Côte-Nord at Montreal en Lumières: Scallops, Deer and Boreal Flavours at Ikanos
I attended the Montreal en Lumières dinner at Ikanos last night, which featured Chef Glenn Forbes from Tadoussac and Ikanos' chef Constant Mentzas preparing a five-course dinner of seafood, game meats, wild mushrooms and berries. They're repeating the dinner tonight … [Read more...] about Côte-Nord at Montreal en Lumières: Scallops, Deer and Boreal Flavours at Ikanos